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Thanks mate 🙌🏻

Thanks mate 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Thanks Keith 🙌🏻 can’t believe it’s had the block mod 😅

Thanks mate will do 🙌🏻

@maddercustom no problem! Looking forward to seeing what you do with it, especially with the off roading 🤣

Should be pretty wild 😂

Ah no way I didn’t know that 😂 hopefully you’re right and it’s just rings. Maybe a good time to forge 👀

@@maddercustom Travis could I have your opinion on a quote I got, for a full re-spray / repairs on my orange beastie, please? Two front wings, both rear arches to be repaired, full re-spray. Labour 80 hours at £7k + £1200 for paint, WITH v.a.t NEARLY £10k? Am I being mugged off here?

Honestly mate good price.. 3 stage pearl paint jobs are not cheap 😩

@@maddercustom cheers 😢

Is that a rust mark in one of the bores I think a cylinder leakage test should have been done before u stripped it tells u in more detail where compression is being lost

Thank you.. it will be getting painted 😎

Can’t believe it’s been done 😂 this car keeps getting better and better 😅

Not sure mate ( we didn’t remove it ) rob said he thinks the timing has been out at some point with the marks on the top of the pistons.

If the timing was out far enough to damage the pistons it wouldn't have run for much longer because the valves would have been bent after and the compression would have been pretty much zero. The tell tale marks visible at 11:31 suggest the timing belt has previously failed at a fairly high engine speed because the second marks on the pistons are where they have bent from the first impact and then struck the piston crown again on the next stroke. Then it would appear it has had the valves replaced and timing re-done before getting it running again. If the valves have been replaced there's no guarantee the bucket clearances have been rechecked/adjusted either which is something else you need to bear in mind.

@@Non-Stick_Pan timing can jump though ever so slightly

@@oliverlydon9851 Although these engines are interference design I've known people to have the timing out on a cam by 3 or 4 teeth and it just run badly without any physical damage. That's quite a lot to jump by I would think?

@@Non-Stick_Pan probably mate, I couldn’t tell 100% as the lightning wasn’t great when he showed us the pistons briefly. Just an avenue to explore but it sounds like have more experience in this than I do